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| Midwest Suburb Close to the City - 2/21/2013
If you're going to live in Kansas, this is the general area I recommend. The main thing KC is lacking that I feel could be added is a few more skyscrapers and public transportation. It could then be a top city! Rail System transporting the population frm The Olathe Area to The Legends To Leawood to Downtown to the airport and stops everywhere in between would be fantastic! The bus system here sucks. [read more...]
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| The tornadoes just hover here. - 11/13/2012
Olathe has two large employers, Garmin the dwindling GPS maker that remains resistant to the reality of integrated smart phone navigation and the county jail for the largest Kansas county.
It is the county seat for the wealthiest Kansas county (Johnson County, the cleanest dirty shirt and home to one of the nations top ranked community college).
Tornado season March - June, used to be April and May but climate change has lengthened the season just like Daylight Savings Time was extended a few years ago, and the the twisters rush into town and just seem to loiter !!!! Tornadoes usually move quickly like hurricanes before losing energy but they statistically seem to just park here.
Midwestern cities were erected in areas known to be free of tornadic activity based on anecdotal observations of the 17th and 18th century, but Olathe ignored the data and built one of the fastest growing Kansas counties in the godforsaken spot.
The landscape is stitched with railroad tracks and the city's best days are 100 years behind it, major commerce will bypass Olathe and rest of Kansas City metro as long as the diesel trucks avoid it.[read more...]
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| Weather.. - 10/4/2011
The weather in Olathe is very inconsistent. Especially during Spring and Fall. Like your typical midwest town, hot air from the South collides with cool air from the North. So what you'll get is a scorching 100 degrees one day, and a cool 65 degrees the next.
Spring time is the worst though. We'll get pretty much every type of weather in a week. Hot, cold, humid, dry, rain, snow, sleet.. We have a saying here, "If you don't like the weather, just wait a couple hours". [read more...]
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| Olathe's bountiful community - 4/15/2009
Olathe has a very reasonable cost of living with a fast growing community.[read more...]
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| My formative years... - 4/15/2009
As a graduating senior at Kansas State University, I can honestly say that having grown up in Olathe, Kansas I couldn't be more happy with the experience I had there. The schools are outstanding, the cost of living is tremendously low, Kansas City is gorgeous and well maintained, the international airport is the most efficient in the United States, the nightlife is booming for the younger crowed, restaurants are excellent, and the culture is very eclectic.
Having lived there almost my entire youth, I can say first hand, that it is a great place to grow up and raise a family. If you were to move from the east or west coasts you would be amazed at how far your dollar can take you in the greater Kansas City metro area. A 1,300 sq. ft. home in the heart of Anaheim would cost you around $4,000,000 and around $80,000 in Kansas City.
Suffice it to say, I loved my experience in Olathe, Kansas and plan on heading back in the future.[read more...]
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| OLATHE - 4/21/2008
Olathe is great -- growing suburb within 30 minutes of KC arts and culture.[read more...]
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| There's a reason its called fly over country - 1/22/2008
They call it fly over country becuase the really cool stuff is on the coasts, but who wants to put up with that congestion?[read more...]
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| special needs - 2/22/2007
My son has special needs in School and the school district is very helpful and works with us at an individual level. We are very pleased.[read more...]
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| The schools are wonderful! - 7/24/2006
Part of the reason that I enjoy living on Olathe is the outstanding shool system here.[read more...]
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| Where are all the single people? - 4/25/2006
I have been divorced for six years and have had no luck meeting a nice single female. Honestly, I do not believe they exist here. It's like the Twilight Zone. A friend of mine went into a resturant for lunch in Overland Park and there were 42 guys and two females.[read more...]
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| Very lonely - 4/25/2006
Kansas city is the worse place to meet a single, nice, professional female. Someone help me please.[read more...]
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